From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LPmoM-0007Mx-7j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:48:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 976B4E0637; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FD8EE0637 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (xray.science.oregonstate.edu [128.193.220.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FAF64907; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:48:40 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:48:40 -0800 From: Donnie Berkholz To: Ferris McCormick Cc: trustees , gentoo-project , infra Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Communication with Foundation Members Message-ID: <20090121234840.GD15870@comet> References: <1232559119.31989.179.camel@liasis.inforead.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GpGaEY17fSl8rd50" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1232559119.31989.179.camel@liasis.inforead.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Archives-Salt: e491eb14-b842-4b7f-a2a5-9d75b0060585 X-Archives-Hash: 185c0cc72b9c53c87547e45d58332ec0 --GpGaEY17fSl8rd50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 17:31 Wed 21 Jan , Ferris McCormick wrote: > So, I suggest we establish a new mailinglist (say, > foundation-announce@gentoo.org) and make sure that all members are > subscribed to it. I further suggest that we maintain a small list of > people who may post to the list so that only communications from the > Foundation to its members are sent to it. This fulfills our obligation > to be able to send required announcements to the membership (announcing > elections, questions put to the membership for approval, and such like). > It has the side benefit of giving us immediate validation of the email > addresses we have on record for our members and allows us to correct (if > possible) any stale email addresses. (If yours changes but you don't > tell us, we have no way of knowing unless we send something to you.) >=20 > Comments? Please respond rather quickly, because as those of you who > follow Foundation actions know, we are opening nominations for two > trustee positions in a bit over a week. A moderated foundation-announce (much like gentoo-announce) would be=20 good. Imagine gentoo-announce without the GLSAs, and that's about the=20 amount of traffic that I consider suitable for a mandatory list. --=20 Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com --GpGaEY17fSl8rd50 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkl3tFgACgkQXVaO67S1rtt5wACggxgSW89TurIfUCWXKcK/mNYE YJAAn18DsQlj+TkArVAy6gUOBlUq9JAf =v8ph -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GpGaEY17fSl8rd50--